Town Hall site

Plans for a new Town Hall, offices, flats, a public square and restaurant / café were approved by Crawley Borough Council’s Planning Committee in June 2018.

The proposals for the major redevelopment at the eastern end of The Boulevard would see the current Town Hall demolished and replaced with:

Up to 182 flats

A nine-storey building containing a new Town Hall and grade A commercial offices above

A new public square

Public realm improvements

A restaurant / café

District energy centre

The Town Hall multi-storey car park will remain, but be upgraded under these proposals.

A consultation which took place in July 2017 showed that residents are strongly in favour of these proposals. The results are available here.

The council’s development partner, Westrock, started work to construct 91 flats on the car park to the west of the Town Hall in March 2019. Across both sites, there will be 40 per cent affordable housing units.

The new facilities being proposed will transform a major town centre opportunity site while securing the council’s finances through the ability to generate new revenue from commercial office tenants.

A new Town Hall will also provide a better, fit-for-purpose building for customers, staff and councillors and achieve significant savings on the council’s current running costs.

The council will look to incorporate key elements of the existing building in the new Town Hall to retain vital links with the past while preparing for the future.

The current Town Hall will remain the council’s administrative centre until the new building is ready to move into.